Boulder police are searching for a Longmont man with a long criminal history in connection with a possible gunshot fired in Mapleton Hill area around mid-day Tuesday.

Elliot "Kenny" Forgette, 29, has been identified as a person of interest in the incident which resulted in the arrest of two other men.

Police were first dispatched to the area of Fifth Street and Maxwell Avenue, in the city's historic and scenic Mapleton Hill neighborhood, at 11:44 a.m. following a call from someone who believed they had heard a gunshot nearby.

Witnesses on the scene told officers that prior to the suspected gunshot, they saw two men jump out of a white sedan that had been parked in the 500 block of Maxwell and run into an alley, according to a police news release. After they disappeared from sight the possible shot was heard and the two were then seen running from the alleyway.

The area was checked for victims and no one was found to have been injured, the release said. A car window in the area did appear to have been shot out, according to police radio traffic.

Officers found a handgun near Eighth Street and Maxwell Avenue a short time later.

Area resident Krista Torvik said she helped direct police to the firearm after watching a dispute between two men on the street that ended when one of the men threw something in a trash can in a nearby alley. She said she did not hear any gunshots prior to seeing the two men.

Torvik said she and her 2-year-old son were at a neighbor's house in the 800 block of Maxwell playing in the sprinkler on the front lawn with her neighbor and her neighbor's two young children just before noon when she saw the two men approaching from the west.

She said it was obvious one man was pursuing the other as the two yelled at one another.

Torvik said she yelled out to see if anyone needed help and the man who appeared to have been in pursuit of the other yelled “Call 911. He tried to shoot me and steal my backpack.”

“We're a tight-knit neighborhood,” she said of asking if anyone needed help. “I wasn't thinking this is a possibly dangerous situation.”

She said from there the other man, who was wearing a bright yellow shirt, walked into an alley across the street and dumped something in a trash can before continuing down the alley and possibly heading east.

She said the other man, who she described as probably being in his mid 20s, with a slim build, dark, shaggy hair and carrying a large backpack, spoke to her a second time.

“He said, ‘Call 911. My phone is dead.' Then he said ‘Get your kids in the backyard,' so I did,” she said, adding that that man also left the area on foot, heading west up Maxwell before police arrived.

When officers reached the scene, she said, they dumped out trash cans in the alley and it appeared they had not found anything before they called her over to take a look. She said she was the first to spot a black and silver handgun sitting in a pile of garbage.

“We were having a nice time in the front yard with the sprinkler and directly across the street there was a man with a gun in his hand,” Torvik said. “That's just super scary.”

Following the incident the 400 block of Maxwell was cordoned off with police tape and officers, some carrying rifles and shotguns, patrolled the area. A canine unit also was on the scene as residents of the normally quiet part of town watched from their front porches or nearby sidewalks.

Police eventually tracked down the white sedan in the area of the Flatiron Crossing mall in Broomfield where they interviewed the driver, identified as Seth Mackenzie Havner, 27. Havner was spotted driving eastbound U.S. 36 and arrested at gunpoint, according to police radio traffic. He is now being held on charges of driving with a suspended license and failure to appear.

Later on in the day police also were able to identify one of the men seen in the alley. Daniel Cole Kidd, 31, also was interviewed by police and arrested on unrelated charges, officials said.

Forgette, described as about 5-foot, 10-inches tall and 190 pounds, with strawberry blond hair and blue eyes, remains at large. Police say he is affiliated with the other two men involved and investigators are seeking to confirm his involvement and question him about the incident.

Court records show Forgette pleaded guilty to drug and motor vehicle theft charges in 2012. He was last seen wearing a yellow shirt and gray shorts, police say.

Anyone who sees Forgette or knows his location is asked to call Boulder police dispatchers at 303-441-3333 or 911.

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